Glossary

  • Headmaster

    the person in charge of a school, similar to a principal.

  • Henry Clay

    an American lawyer and politician who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House of Representatives. He also served as Speaker of the House and Secretary of State and unsuccessfully ran for president 3 times. Clay helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party

  • High Sheriff

    Represents the Sovereign (King of England) in the colonies in upholding all matters relating to the judiciary and maintaining law and order.

  • High society

    People who are fashionable, wealthy, and influential, regarded as forming a distinct group in a community.

  • holding

    The Court’s determination in a matter of law. Also called the opinion.

  • Housing covenants

    contractual agreements for neighborhoods, especially in suburban areas, which regulate changes that can be made to a home; this sometimes included racially restrictive clauses that prohibited the sale of homes to Black families.

  • Ideology

    a set of ideas and beliefs

  • Immersion

    a method of teaching a foreign language by the exclusive use of that language, usually at a special school.

  • Impartial

    unbiased or fair

  • Impeachment

    Process by which a legislative body (Congress) initiates charges against a public official such as a President, Member of Congress, or Federal Judge for misconduct.